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HANSARD Correcting the RecordI put on record my thanks to the Procedure Committee for its report on correcting the record, and to all those inside and outside the House who contributed to that report. Any…24 Oct 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseWill the Leader of the House give us the business for next week?19 Oct 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseMay I first take a moment to remember our former colleague Sir David Amess, who was brutally murdered two years ago while carrying out his duties? His memory and legacy still…19 Oct 2023HANSARD Private Members’ BillsI thank the Leader of the House for moving this motion. While I welcome time for private Members’ Bills, it is still entirely unclear why we need another sitting Friday to…18 Sept 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseWill the Leader of the House give us the business for next week?14 Sept 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseIs that it—a general debate, Backbench Business, and rising again on a Tuesday? I wonder why that is: inaction man yet again swerving the parliamentary action. We have more…14 Sept 2023HANSARD Retirement of the Clerk of the HouseIt is a real pleasure, as one of my first acts as shadow Leader of the House, to pay tribute to the work of Sir John Benger, who will leave his role as Clerk of the House at the…12 Sept 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank the Leader of the House for that update. She has put this job on the world stage, and I look forward to working with her. May I also welcome my deputy, my hon. Friend the…07 Sept 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseWill the Leader of the House give us the business for next week?07 Sept 2023HANSARDPoints of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. In Prime Minister’s questions, the Prime Minister said that my right hon. and learned Friend the Leader of the Opposition had never raised the…06 Sept 2023HANSARDCreative Industries: Skills and TrainingThe creative industries are a powerhouse of the UK economy, succeeding despite the Government’s best efforts to attack the institutions that underpin them. With the growth of the…20 Jul 2023HANSARDIndependent Commission for Equity in Cricket ReportI wish you a restful recess, Mr Speaker. I put on the record my hopes that the Lionesses do very well in the forthcoming World cup. Congratulations to the women’s English cricket…20 Jul 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the Secretary of State for her time covering this role, notwithstanding her answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Newcastle upon Tyne Central (Chi Onwurah), who asked a…19 Jul 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsOn that note, perhaps the Secretary of State will also join me in congratulating my constituents and my club, Manchester City, on its historic treble-winning season. As yet…15 Jun 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsDoes the Secretary of State agree with the Prime Minister that her AI White Paper is now defunct? Also, the data Bill does not even mention AI. The Online Safety Bill is hardly an…14 Jun 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) BillIt is good finally to get the data Bill that was promised so long ago. We nearly got there in the halcyon days of September 2022, under the last Prime Minister, after it had been…17 Apr 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) BillMy hon. Friend makes two very good points, and I agree with her on both. I will address both points in my speech. Taken together, these changes, alongside the Secretary of State’s…17 Apr 2023HANSARDBudget Resolutions and Economic SituationI will not apologise for those figures, and in the next part of my speech I will explain that the figures are perhaps worse than previously thought. There are issues for doctors,…20 Mar 2023HANSARDBudget Resolutions and Economic SituationI will come on to say something about that, but as my husband is an A&E consultant I am all too familiar with these issues. As the IFS said, it was a golden “sledgehammer to crack…20 Mar 2023HANSARDBudget Resolutions and Economic SituationI will not give way again. Government Members have plenty of time to give speeches. It is a Budget divorced from the reality of who caused this economic crisis. It was the…20 Mar 2023